Architects and Things

Hot water in the house and now a big meeting with architects, yes two of them! One from the Gite de France people and ours. They have to agree what category the farm comes in and what we can and can't do to it if we want the grants that are available. Turns out we are a ferme charactere exceptionelle and entitled to maximum grants, great, good news, all we have to do now is submit all the paperwork and get the official planning permission approved. Our architect has to draw up 4 copies of the plans to be submitted and we have to sign everyone of them on every page. That's a lot of signing. Only one snag with the grants, we are not to do ANYTHING to the house until we have the official go ahead. marvellous, so how long is that all going to take? Shrug of shoulders, wonderful. Planning permission takes three months although you can start work after two if you hear nothing. Funny old system this planning thing. We now just have to wait, so its holiday time, nothing else we can do......